The weather is changing and that can change a lot of things. Health, mood, actives, our animal, the lake turnover and our fishing. Weather affects everyone and everything, beginning with the clothes you put on to meet your day to the type of outdoor activities you choose to engage in.
It all goes back to barometric pressure, which is the force or weight of the air surrounding us. It can cause sudden changes in weather, and can cause sinus pressure, sinus headaches, joint pain flare-ups. My grandmother knew a storm was coming when her knees started to hurt. My own joints ache when the temperature drops or the rain is coming.
Bad, dreary weather can indeed have a negative effect on your emotions. Some weather conditions can keep you from doing some of the things you love to do. Around here, seasons usually change gradually, giving our animals time to adjust. Storms, heat, cold, and the changing seasons affect our animals, just like they affect us with more joint pain, runny nose and eyes.
Most important, weather changes our lakes and our fishing. Slowly but surely turnover of the lakes are progressing as temperatures continue to drop. Reports say temps in Beaver Lake are at upper 60s right now which might be why crappie fishing is doing so well for some people.
Look for structure in 15 ft. of water; minnows and jigs are working. Bass fishing can only get better with these temps lowering, people have reported doing good using shallow diving crank baits in colors of shad, orange crawdad patterns and pumpkin seed long plastic worms. Spinner baits and buzz baits are working on the windy days. Topwater works right at dark.
The White River is still shining with trout galore. Top flies are small midge patterns like zebra midges, San Juan worms. Small orange or peach eggs have been very effective. Baitwise, my pick would be nightcrawlers injected with air to keep it off the bottom, and crickets with power bait have also caught their attention. Lures would be Colorado Spoon in nickle/gold color and orange crank baits.
I hear the Kings River is doing well. I would use same lures and bait as the White River adding white roostertails with a red neck. I personally fish the Kings with a fly rod so your go to flies would be woolly buggers olive, orange/brown, and white with red neck.
I would like to take a moment to pay some respects to my good friend Mike Foley also known as “Mike The Fly Guy” that passed away this past week doing what he loved most in life and that was making people happy. Helping people fall in love with the passion of fly fishing. He would say, “Once the fish bites, it`s not just the fish that gets hooked… It`s you!”
His people always coming in from fishing with big smiles, a new hat, and saying when can we do this again? From time to time I would ask him, “How you doing Mike?” and he would say, “Hey… it`s your world I`m just passing through it.”
And that he did touching many people’s lives. You will be missed my friend. Pictured here is Mike teaching, helping, and loving what he did best, turning people onto fishing.
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